Contents Introduction 8 Chapter 1 The Industrial Revolution 12 Changes That Led to the Revolution 13 Guilds 15 Expanding Commerce Affects Industry 16 Organizing Production 18 From Cottage Industry to Factory 19 Why the Revolution Began in England 21 Chapter 2 Power Technology 26 Windmills 27 Steam Engines 28 Steam Engine Operation 32 Electricity 38 Internal-Combustion Engine 43 Petroleum 45
Chapter 3 Inventions in the Textile Industry 52 Spinning and Weaving Machinery 52 Samuel Crompton’s Spinning Mule 54 The Cotton Gin 57 Rapid Rise of the Cotton Industry 59 Advances in Fabrication 62 Chapter 4 Advances in Transport and Communications 65 Steam Locomotive 65 Road Locomotive 68 Steamboats and Ships 69 Robert Fulton 71
Technology of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution improved technology so significantly that social structures and the world economy would be changed forever.
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By: Margaret Vallencourt
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Published by: Rosen Publishing provided by Britannica
